Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:26
All the cities [were] ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
All the cities [were] ten, with their suburbs,…. Four out of Ephraim, four out of Dan, and two out of the half tribe of Manasseh: which were
for the families of the children of Kohath that remained: who were of the other branch of the Kohathites, and who did not descend from Aaron, and were only Levites, and not priests; [See comments on Jos 21:20].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ All the cities of the remainder of the children of Kohath were ten, with their suburbs.’
Why should the family of Aaron receive more cities than the remainder of the family of Kohath? Perhaps the answer is that the leaders were desirous of spreading the influence of the relatively few priests as widely as possible.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Reciprocal: 1Ch 6:61 – ten cities